The author comments on the importance of valuing ethics to nurses. It says that nurses invoke ethical principles whenever they get involved with matters that concern the end-of-life decisions of patients. According to the author, it is necessary that nurses ensure that their patients made an...

The author reflects on the theme of the 11th annual conference of the International Centre for Nursing Ethics (ICNE) which is to be held on September 13, 2010 in Turku, Finland. It mentions that the conference is titled as Clinical ethics across the lifespan. The author discusses clinical ethics...

This article reviews the literature on deception to illuminate the phenomenon as a background for an appraisal within nursing. It then describes nursing as a practice of caring. The character of the Good Samaritan is recommended as indicative of the virtue of compassion that ought to underpin...

Suggests several strategies to incorporate caring in nursing. Need for nurses to make comfort a primary goal in care provision; Importance of continuing education and nursing skills development for nurses; Significance of the certification of nurses.